The word "wiki" is (language) for (definition).
The word "ning" is (language) for (definition).
Daily Check-ins
Check your Ning profile and your team page on the wiki
Video Intro
Create video intro to our school and our class
Use the storyboard template to plan out each shot Jason Ohler Storyboard Templates
What image(s) will the viewer see? What will happen in the shot? What will the narration be?
Tuesday, Sept. 28
Finish filming video introduction
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Ms. Moorman is off-campus today Please be sure you accomplish everything on today's plan
Help each other figure things out - ask for help when you're stuck!
Daily Check-Ins
Check your Ning profile and your team page on the wiki
Respond to any communications you have received through the Ning
If you have a new teammate listed on the wiki, find him/her on the Ning and send a greeting
Get Started with Diigo
Part One - Overview
Watch this video to get an idea of what Diigo can help you do
Part Two - Signing in and downloading the toolbar
Haley and Chris G are your classroom experts on this
Click "Tools" (top right) > "Diigolet" (left) and follow the directions to install the floating Diigo toolbar on your browser
Part Three - Try it!
Using your keywords related to your topic (refer back to the spreadsheet if you need to), search for web resources that will help you begin to answer your research questions Once you find a website that looks useful, use your Diigo toolbar to bookmark the site You should save at least 5 websites to your Diigo library today
Each of your bookmarks must include:
A description
At least 3 tags
And be shared to the 21c GL group
For Extra Credit . . .
Try highlighting, sticky notes, and comments
Thursday, Sept. 30
Last class, you saved and tagged web resources to your Diigo library So what's the big deal about tagging? (and we're not talking about graffiti)
What is Tagging?
Why Tag?
Plus, it's part of the Information R/evolution
Two Kinds of Tags: Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy
When you tag something and share it to the Diigo community, you are "recommending" it to others When you make up your own tags - these are part of the folksonomy When you share it to the Flat Classroom Project group you need to use the Standard Tags for the Flat Classroom Project - this is a taxonomy
So which kind of tags should we use?
Both! To make it easy for members of the Flat Classroom Project to find what you're sharing, use the standard tags To help out the larger, global community, use additional tags that would be helpful to people find the resource your saving
Back to your Diigo Dashboard
Look at the resources you've already saved in your Diigo Library
Edit each item:
Add 2-3 standard tags (fcp10-3, yourtopictag, yoursubgrouptag)
Share to the Flat Classroom Project group
Friday, Oct. 1
A Few More Thoughts on the Role of Tagging and Being a Good Global/Digital Citizen . . .
"It's not information overload. It's filter failure." ~Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody (professor at NYU)
“The solution to information overload is more information” in the form of “metadata” ~David Weinberger, Everything is Miscellaneous (fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
Users of LibraryThing.com tagged 17 million books with 22 million tags in 2 years The Library of Congress classified 20 million books in 200 years
“Nobody is as smart as everybody” ~Kevin Kelly Collective intelligence, the wisdom of crowds, the smart mob Contest at a country fair to guess the weight of an ox: average guess 1,197; actual weight 1,198 pounds ~James Surowiecki, Wisdom of Crowds (prof. at Columbia and columnist for The New Yorker )
How does the use of multiple tags help us find what we are looking for? Visit Tag Galaxyand keep adding tags to make smaller and smaller "planets"
What else can tags enable us to do collectively? (See the Blaise Aguera TED Talk below, starting at minute 3:40)
How can you help add tags to images on the web? - Play the Google Image Labelergame!
Today's Tasks
1. Tour your Diigo dashboard - learn more advanced uses
2. Explore: searching your own library vs. searching the Diigo community library
3. Search within Diigo for information about your topic
4. Add descriptions (use shortcut) and tags (BOTH taxonomy & folksonomy) to sites you save
Table of Contents
Monday, Sept. 27
Vocab Quiz
The word "wiki" is (language) for (definition).The word "ning" is (language) for (definition).
Daily Check-ins
Check your Ning profile and your team page on the wikiVideo Intro
Create video intro to our school and our classUse the storyboard template to plan out each shot
Jason Ohler Storyboard Templates
What image(s) will the viewer see? What will happen in the shot? What will the narration be?
Tuesday, Sept. 28
Finish filming video introductionWednesday, Sept. 29
Ms. Moorman is off-campus todayPlease be sure you accomplish everything on today's plan
Help each other figure things out - ask for help when you're stuck!
Daily Check-Ins
Check your Ning profile and your team page on the wikiRespond to any communications you have received through the Ning
If you have a new teammate listed on the wiki, find him/her on the Ning and send a greeting
Get Started with Diigo
Part One - Overview
Watch this video to get an idea of what Diigo can help you doPart Two - Signing in and downloading the toolbar
Haley and Chris G are your classroom experts on thisPart Three - Try it!
Using your keywords related to your topic (refer back to the spreadsheet if you need to), search for web resources that will help you begin to answer your research questionsOnce you find a website that looks useful, use your Diigo toolbar to bookmark the site
You should save at least 5 websites to your Diigo library today
Each of your bookmarks must include:
For Extra Credit . . .
Try highlighting, sticky notes, and commentsThursday, Sept. 30
Last class, you saved and tagged web resources to your Diigo library
So what's the big deal about tagging? (and we're not talking about graffiti)
What is Tagging?
Why Tag?
Plus, it's part of the Information R/evolution
Two Kinds of Tags: Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy
When you tag something and share it to the Diigo community, you are "recommending" it to othersWhen you make up your own tags - these are part of the folksonomy
When you share it to the Flat Classroom Project group you need to use the Standard Tags for the Flat Classroom Project - this is a taxonomy
So which kind of tags should we use?
Both!To make it easy for members of the Flat Classroom Project to find what you're sharing, use the standard tags
To help out the larger, global community, use additional tags that would be helpful to people find the resource your saving
Back to your Diigo Dashboard
Look at the resources you've already saved in your Diigo LibraryEdit each item:
Friday, Oct. 1
A Few More Thoughts on the Role of Tagging and Being a Good Global/Digital Citizen . . .
"It's not information overload. It's filter failure."
~Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody (professor at NYU)
“The solution to information overload is more information” in the form of “metadata”
~David Weinberger, Everything is Miscellaneous (fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
Users of LibraryThing.com tagged 17 million books with 22 million tags in 2 years
The Library of Congress classified 20 million books in 200 years
“Nobody is as smart as everybody” ~Kevin Kelly
Collective intelligence, the wisdom of crowds, the smart mob
Contest at a country fair to guess the weight of an ox: average guess 1,197; actual weight 1,198 pounds
~James Surowiecki, Wisdom of Crowds (prof. at Columbia and columnist for The New Yorker )
How does the use of multiple tags help us find what we are looking for?
Visit Tag Galaxyand keep adding tags to make smaller and smaller "planets"
What else can tags enable us to do collectively? (See the Blaise Aguera TED Talk below, starting at minute 3:40)
How can you help add tags to images on the web? - Play the Google Image Labelergame!
Today's Tasks
1. Tour your Diigo dashboard - learn more advanced uses2. Explore: searching your own library vs. searching the Diigo community library
3. Search within Diigo for information about your topic
4. Add descriptions (use shortcut) and tags (BOTH taxonomy & folksonomy) to sites you save